Quotes About Faith

It's a kind of arrogance to be so certain you're past redemption.

you will tell me roundly that God's reach is longer than man's." "It had better be," said Brother Cadfael very solemnly, "otherwise we are all lost." Turn the page to continue reading from the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael

When harried, we go as far as we dare, and with those we're sure of we dare go very far, knowing where forgiveness is certain.

Then sleep easy, said Cadfael, for God is awake.

I do believe I begin to grasp the nature of miracles! For would it be a miracle, if there was any reason for it? Miracles have nothing to do with reason. Miracles contradict reason, they strike clean across mere human deserts, and deliver and save where they will. If they made sense, they would not be miracles, And he was comforted and entertained, and fell asleep again readily, feeling that all was well with a world he had always know to be peculiar and perverse.

Ellis Peters

Ellis Peters

Well, God's vision is clearer than mine, he may both see a way out of this tangle and open my eyes to it when the time is ripe. There's a path through every forest, and a safe passage somewhere through every marsh, it needs only the finding.

you may whisper a word or two to God on my behalf at Matins and Lauds, if you'll be so kind. If he turns a deaf ear to you, small use the rest of us wearing out our knee-bones.

Master Thomas, for the child that should be born to Aline and Hugh, for young Philip and the parents who had recovered him, for all who suffered injustice and wrong, and sometimes forgot they had a resource beyond the sheriff.

God resolves all given time," said Cai philosophically and trudged away into darkness. And Cadfael returned along the path with the uncomfortable feeling that God, nevertheless, required a little help from men, and what he mostly got was hindrance.

I think truth, like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil, however deeply sown, will make its way to the light." "And there is nothing we can do to hasten it," said Pernel, and heaved a resigned sigh. "At present, nothing but wait." "And pray, perhaps?" she said.

I think there are some who live on a knife-edge in the soul, and at times are driven to hurl themselves into the air, at the mercy of heaven or hell which way to fall.

There was, after all, a great deal of human happiness in the world, even a world so torn and mangled with conflict, cruelty and greed. So it had always been, and always would be. And so be it, provided the indomitable spark of joy never went out.

God sort all! As doubtless he is doing, now as ever!

If your crisis has turned into a long-lasting trial, it's more important than ever that you surround yourself with intelligent, caring friends who will be in it with you for the long haul. The greater the spiritual battle, the more there is likely at stake—in your life and in the spiritual realm. Gird yourself for battle, and refuse to give in or give up.

Remember, every attack of the Enemy has a shelf life; this too will pass. But endurance, or grit, is necessary to survive a siege.

Much of what you learn through times of adversity will become lifelong wisdom, and these truths will sustain you throughout your ministry.

Wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men's hearts. 1 Corinthians 4:5

Yet it puzzled me that no one around me seemed to take God very seriously. We neither believed nor disbelieved. He was our oldest habit.

and wait for daylight.

No importa qué posibilidades tenga, un hombre no pone su última esperanza en algo y luego espera que ese algo fracase.

Alexandra of England. Shackleton carried the Bible in his hand as he left the Endurance

Then he laid the Bible in the snow and walked away.